DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 07/09 Hampshire_IL 889ft pt37818@42.147,-88.420,844ft BLIPSPOT sfc.temp. adjusted by +0.1 degF SPONSORED BY: ChicagoLand Glider Council RUC - Last Analysis,Validation Time = 09Z 21Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - - - - 0700z - - 1002z - - - Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - - FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 77.8 - - 84.1 - - - Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 40 - - 71 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2282 - - 4650 - - - BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 922 - - 3325 - - - Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3171 - - 5539 - - - BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1286 - - 2221 - - - Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 206 - - 306 - - - W* B/S - - - - - - 5 - - 5 - - - B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 8 - - 11 - - - BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 248 - - 240 - - - Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 3 - - 9 - - - Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 15 - - -3 - - - Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 745 - - 765 - - - CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 2426 - - 4774 - - - sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -1047 - - -585 - - - ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 4218 - - 6124 - - - blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 91 - - - maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 1470 - - 1140 - - - CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 77.8 - - 84.1 - - - Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 69.9 - - 66.1 - - - DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 77.6 - - 83.7 - - - Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 68.9 - - 64.9 - - - DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 40 - - 71 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2282 - - 4650 - - - BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 101 - - 65 - - - EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 15 - - 13 - - - EXPERIMENT2 PROFILES OF WIND SPEED [kt] AND DIRECTION [degTrue] ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- Height 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z [ft] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [ft] 99644 30 104 21 106 99644 92049 20 105 18 094 92049 86187 19 090 18 092 86187 81327 18 084 19 094 81327 77152 14 091 17 082 77152 73481 12 084 12 082 73481 70175 12 081 8 100 70175 67152 11 079 6 109 67152 64362 6 049 2 354 64362 61672 5 322 4 296 61672 58883 7 272 7 262 58883 56003 14 266 12 269 56003 53258 28 288 29 289 53258 50800 42 276 41 270 50800 48591 40 265 42 264 48591 46561 35 279 49 280 46561 44680 54 290 62 285 44680 42930 61 288 68 282 42930 41301 61 277 66 276 41301 39797 56 269 64 268 39797 38400 52 281 66 269 38400 37048 62 285 63 265 37048 35669 61 284 56 255 35669 34235 53 293 49 258 34235 32751 40 291 40 266 32751 31197 28 271 41 263 31197 29561 26 258 43 261 29561 27849 32 259 40 269 27849 26063 32 266 32 272 26063 24203 27 269 27 284 24203 22272 23 269 26 288 22272 20266 23 274 22 288 20266 18180 24 272 19 286 18180 16057 25 273 19 280 16057 14016 25 278 19 268 14016 12159 26 274 22 268 12159 10505 25 266 24 274 10505 9033 25 263 25 278 9033 7722 24 263 22 276 7722 6556 21 265 18*270 6556 5524 18 262 14*258 5524 4612 15 254 12 244 4612 3805 12*253 12 241 3805 3081 9*247 12 237 3081 2440 9 249 11 235 2440 1904 8 248 11 233 1904 1493 7 247 10 232 1493 1210 7 247 10 231 1210 1037 6 247 9 230 1037 939 5 247 8 230 939 PARAMETER KEY: (basic parameter information is provided at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/INFO/basic_parameters.html) (more complete parameter descriptions are at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/RUC/INFO/parameters.html) (additional help is at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/INFO/index.html, e.g. "For NEW USERS" section) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time = UTC Time of BLIPSPOT calculation FCST PERIOD = Hours from model initialization time Temp@2m = Temperature at 2m AGL [F] Sfc.Heating = Surface Heating of atmosphere [W/m^2] BL Depth = Depth of the Boundary (Mixing) Layer [ft] Hcrit = Height of Critical Updraft Strength [ftMSL] BL Top = Height of Boundary Layer Top (TI=0 height) [ftMSL] Hgt.Variab = Thermal Height Variability (difference between TI=+4{F} & TI=0 Heights) [ft] W* = Thermal Updraft Velocity (subtract glider sink rate to get vario) [fpm] B/S = Buoyancy/Shear Ratio (thermals may be unworkable if 5 or less) BL Wind = Wind Speed averaged through BL [kt] Direction = Wind Direction averaged through BL [degTrue] Max.Converg = Max. Vertical Velocity created by BL Convergence [x10^-2 kt] (note: BLIPMAPs provide better evaluation since convergence lines are usually mobile CLOUDpotent = Expect clouds at or above sfcLCL if positive (difference between H(TI=0) & sfcLCL) [ft] sfcLCL = Base of Lowest Clouds, if CLOUDpotent>0 (LCL = Lifting Condensation Level based upon sfc. humidity) [ftMSL] ODpotential = Expect extensive clouds at blCL if positive (difference between H(TI=0) & blCL) [ft] bLCL = Base of Extensive Clouds, if ODpotential>0 (bl CL = Condensation Level based upon BL humidity) [ftMSL] maxRH = Maximum Relative Humidity in BL [%] CAPE = Convective Available Potential Energy [J/kg] Temp@2m = Temperature at 2m AGL [F] DewPt@2m = Dew Point Temp. at 2m AGL [F] Temp@Bot = Temperature at 16m AGL (bottom of grid) [F] (intended for DrJack's use) DewPt@Bot = Dew Point Temp. at 16m AGL (bottom of grid) [F] (intended for DrJack's use) Sfc.Heating = Surface Heating of atmosphere [W/m^2] BL Depth = Depth of the Boundary (Mixing) Layer [ft] EXPERIMENT = Mystery variable for test purposes (intended for DrJack's use) * = Indicates BL Top (TI=0 Height) on profiles Note: printed heights are for 18Z - heights for other times differ slightly Results neglect thermals created by small-scale features not resolved by the smoothed model topography